diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.cpp
index 78efb46d5d..0cd6dbc15a 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.cpp
@@ -203,22 +203,22 @@ ShaderDiskCache::LoadPrecompiledFile(FileUtil::IOFile& file) {
     file.ReadBytes(compressed.data(), compressed.size());
     const std::vector<u8> decompressed = Common::Compression::DecompressDataZSTD(compressed);
     SaveArrayToPrecompiled(decompressed.data(), decompressed.size());
-    precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset = 0;
+    decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset = 0;
 
     ShaderCacheVersionHash file_hash{};
     if (!LoadArrayFromPrecompiled(file_hash.data(), file_hash.size())) {
-        precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset = 0;
+        decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset = 0;
         return {};
     }
     if (GetShaderCacheVersionHash() != file_hash) {
         LOG_INFO(Render_OpenGL, "Precompiled cache is from another version of the emulator");
-        precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset = 0;
+        decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset = 0;
         return {};
     }
 
     std::unordered_map<u64, ShaderDiskCacheDecompiled> decompiled;
     ShaderDumpsMap dumps;
-    while (precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset < precompiled_cache_virtual_file.GetSize()) {
+    while (decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset < decompressed_precompiled_cache.size()) {
         PrecompiledEntryKind kind{};
         if (!LoadObjectFromPrecompiled(kind)) {
             return {};
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void ShaderDiskCache::InvalidateTransferable() {
 
 void ShaderDiskCache::InvalidatePrecompiled() {
     // Clear virtaul precompiled cache file
-    precompiled_cache_virtual_file.Resize(0);
+    decompressed_precompiled_cache.resize(0);
 
     if (!FileUtil::Delete(GetPrecompiledPath())) {
         LOG_ERROR(Render_OpenGL, "Failed to invalidate precompiled file={}", GetPrecompiledPath());
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void ShaderDiskCache::SaveDecompiled(u64 unique_identifier,
     if (!IsUsable())
         return;
 
-    if (precompiled_cache_virtual_file.GetSize() == 0) {
+    if (decompressed_precompiled_cache.size() == 0) {
         SavePrecompiledHeaderToVirtualPrecompiledCache();
     }
 
@@ -413,10 +413,9 @@ void ShaderDiskCache::SavePrecompiledHeaderToVirtualPrecompiledCache() {
 }
 
 void ShaderDiskCache::SaveVirtualPrecompiledFile() {
-    precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset = 0;
-    const std::vector<u8>& uncompressed = precompiled_cache_virtual_file.ReadAllBytes();
-    const std::vector<u8>& compressed =
-        Common::Compression::CompressDataZSTDDefault(uncompressed.data(), uncompressed.size());
+    decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset = 0;
+    const std::vector<u8>& compressed = Common::Compression::CompressDataZSTDDefault(
+        decompressed_precompiled_cache.data(), decompressed_precompiled_cache.size());
 
     const auto precompiled_path{GetPrecompiledPath()};
     FileUtil::IOFile file(precompiled_path, "wb");
@@ -486,4 +485,4 @@ std::string ShaderDiskCache::GetTitleID() {
     return title_id;
 }
 
-} // namespace OpenGL
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace OpenGL
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.h
index c74eb60cc5..5e2779ef6e 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_disk_cache.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <bitset>
 #include <optional>
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "common/assert.h"
 #include "common/common_types.h"
-#include "common/vfs/vfs_vector.h"
 #include "video_core/regs.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_decompiler.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_gen.h"
@@ -163,18 +163,20 @@ private:
 
     template <typename T>
     bool SaveArrayToPrecompiled(const T* data, std::size_t length) {
-        const std::size_t write_length = precompiled_cache_virtual_file.WriteArray(
-            data, length, precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset);
-        precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset += write_length;
-        return write_length == sizeof(T) * length;
+        const u8* data_view = reinterpret_cast<const u8*>(data);
+        decompressed_precompiled_cache.insert(decompressed_precompiled_cache.end(), &data_view[0],
+                                              &data_view[length * sizeof(T)]);
+        decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset += length * sizeof(T);
+        return true;
     }
 
     template <typename T>
     bool LoadArrayFromPrecompiled(T* data, std::size_t length) {
-        const std::size_t read_length = precompiled_cache_virtual_file.ReadArray(
-            data, length, precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset);
-        precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset += read_length;
-        return read_length == sizeof(T) * length;
+        u8* data_view = reinterpret_cast<u8*>(data);
+        std::copy_n(decompressed_precompiled_cache.data() + decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset,
+                    length * sizeof(T), data_view);
+        decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset += length * sizeof(T);
+        return true;
     }
 
     template <typename T>
@@ -194,9 +196,9 @@ private:
 
     // Stores whole precompiled cache which will be read from or saved to the precompiled chache
     // file
-    Common::VectorVfsFile precompiled_cache_virtual_file;
+    std::vector<u8> decompressed_precompiled_cache;
     // Stores the current offset of the precompiled cache file for IO purposes
-    std::size_t precompiled_cache_virtual_file_offset = 0;
+    std::size_t decompressed_precompiled_cache_offset = 0;
 
     // Stored transferable shaders
     std::unordered_map<u64, ShaderDiskCacheRaw> transferable;
@@ -210,4 +212,4 @@ private:
     std::string title_id;
 };
 
-} // namespace OpenGL
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace OpenGL